Sharks are a tremendous problem here. If you go in the water, away from the main beach,...
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Narrator: Sharks are a tremendous problem here. If you go in the water, away from the main beach, the odds are 50-50 you'll be killed by a shark. This beach is meshed and netted against sharks, but even here you keep your eyes open. You look over the top of a wave and see a fin coming toward you, you're heart stops. If you're swimming, you really wish you weren't.
[fins spotted]
Narrator: It turned out to be only a group of friendly porpoises who were coming in to see what was going on in their ocean. It show you how well the nets work. Everyone's happy to see the porpoises because when they're around they seem to keep the sharks away. Sharks and porpoises have yet to integrate in South Africa
[fins spotted]
Narrator: It turned out to be only a group of friendly porpoises who were coming in to see what was going on in their ocean. It show you how well the nets work. Everyone's happy to see the porpoises because when they're around they seem to keep the sharks away. Sharks and porpoises have yet to integrate in South Africa
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With the warm water there's a tremendous problem with sharks
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Later in the afternoon around 5 30 a m
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some more of the local surfers showed up
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They haven't been surfing long around Durban either
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but they get some great rides
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They call their bathing suits down there costumes
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In America we call this thing a G string
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As I mentioned sharks are a tremendous problem here
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If you go in the water away from the main beach
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the odds are 50 50 you'll be killed by a shark
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This beach is meshed or netted against sharks
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But even here you keep your eyes open
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You look over the top of a wave and see a fin coming toward you
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your heart stops
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If you're swimming you really wish you weren't
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Turned out to be only a group of friendly porpoises
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who were coming in to see what was going on in their ocean
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Shows you how well the nets work
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Everyone's happy to see the porpoises
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because when they're around they seem to keep the sharks away
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Sharks and porpoises have yet to integrate in South Africa
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Movie Summary
The crown jewel to ten years of Bruce Brown surfing documentaries. Brown follows two young surfers around the world in search of the perfect wave, and ends up finding quite a few in addition to some colorful local characters.
